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Revealed: QAnon Facebook groups are growing at a rapid pace around the world

Guardian investigation finds the Facebook communities are gaining followers as Twitter cracks down on QAnon content

Instagram Reels: Facebook’s history of ‘adapting’ competitors’ familiar features

The tech company, in the midst of antitrust hearings in Congress, has come under fire for cloning other companies’ products before

Prince Harry hits out at social media for creating ‘crisis of hate’

Duke of Sussex urges advertisers to demand companies do more to curb hate speech online

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club

The 36-year-old follows Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as fortune passes $100bn for first time

Facebook removes Trump post over false Covid-19 claim for first time

Video in which Trump wrongly said kids were ‘almost immune’ from illness also prompted Twitter to ban president’s re-election campaign account

New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants

The legislation comes as a federal panel is investigating the market power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google

To Melbourne, with love: the ultimate streaming list to bring you joy in lockdown

Our writers recommend the shows and films they turn to in hard times. The criteria? Uplifting, heartwarming and/or hilarious – happy endings preferred

Facebook moderators call for advertiser boycott to be extended

Action needs long-term commitments to be is more than ‘PR stunt’, employees say

At last, the tech titans’ nerd immunity shows signs of fading

The grilling dished out to the big four bosses by Congress shows the Democrats may be ready to challenge their power at last

Yes, the tech giants are big – in truth, probably too big to break up

Despite Congress’s threats, no politician or president will want to panic fragile stock markets with antitrust action

The threads that don’t connect: Covid gives Australian conspiracy theorists a common home

‘Sovereign citizens’, anti-vaxxers, mask refuseniks and far-right extremists see all their wildly disparate beliefs confirmed by coronavirus restrictions

Don’t bank on Britain’s foppish, lazy elites to save us from deep fakery

We are being abandoned to those who abuse technology to rewrite the past and the present

Who will choose the next US president – the American people, or Facebook?

The social media titans are more powerful than politicians. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

A historic antitrust hearing in Congress has put big tech on notice

We learned that antitrust cases and new forms of regulation may be on the way for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

Google and Facebook to be forced to share revenue with media in Australia under draft code

Consumer watchdog unveils ‘hundreds of millions’ in potential fines under code drawn up after talks stalled between tech and news companies

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  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s

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